Improvement in flows



animi eine @wat @with vWILLIAM HARLOW TYLER, OF CONNEAU'IVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

Leners Patent Ng. sof-sos, dem .rune 1, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN'- PLOWS.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom, it ana/y concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAMHARLOWTYLER, of Conneautville, Crawford county, in the State of Penusylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Right and Left-Hand, or Double VSide- Hill Plows; and I hereby declare the following to be 'a full and eXact description thereof, reference heilig had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specication.

The nature or essence of my invention consists in.

arranging two separate and independent plo'wfpoints,

. shares, and mould-boards,l to vibrate on a horizontal axis or axes, arranged over the landside, in suoli a way and manner that they can be used either as a double plow, turning furrows in opposite directions at the saine time, or either side turned up, so as to plow a single right or left-hand furrow, as desired; and in arranging a sliding bolt, in or over the landside, in

. combination with the braces which connect the vibrating points,l shares, and mouldboards to thelaudside, so as to lock them in position for use in plowing; and in arranging a. pronged lever to vibrate and lockthe mould-boards, points,`and shares, and fix them in position toplow a single furrow; and in making the revolving cutter jagged, 'or toothed.-

v :nds; and D D, the handles; .which may all be constructed and'fas'teued together `as shown in the drawing, or in such other manner as will answer the purpose.

The beam, landside, and standard may be made by casting them all in one piece, or in separate pieces. If made of wrought-iron, they may be in separate pieces, and riveted together, as vshown in the drawing.

The p oint E and share F may be made separate, or in one piece, and fastened to the mould-board Gr in some convenient manner.

This mould-board is provided with two arms H 'and I, by whichit is ,hinged to the stand J and standard C, so as to vibrate freely, and may be turned down, as

' Shown in fig. l, or up, as shown in iig. 2 of the drawbrates, and by removing either of the rods K, one of the mould-boards, with its share .and point, may be taken o, so as to make a single plow.

The mould-board G has a third arm, or brace, L, fastened to it, and fitted to enter the hole M in the landside, and receive the end of the sliding bolt N, which locks the mould-board imposition for plowing.

The bolt N is fitted in the landside, as shown by v dotted lines, and extends out at the rear, and is workedA l by the lever P, pivoted in the upper corner of the landside for that purpose, and its upper end may be fastened back by a hook, or link on the bar, `between the handles.

To tu'rnup'either of the mould-boards, l arrange the pronged lever Q, to vibrate on a bolt in the standard C, with a fork on each prong, to pass on to the arms'I ofthe mould-board, and the prongs and forks are fixed just far enough apart, so that when one mould-board is up, andA the other down, the forks will both pass on to the arms I- I, and hold 'up the mould-board that is raised, while the plow is used to turn a single furrow.

I tit a clevis, R, to the beam, with a swing, or caster-frame in its lower end, to carry the rotating jagged, or toothed coulter, or cutter S, which is fitted to turn freely iu the caster-flame, and is provided with a flange, T, on each side, so that it may be set or ads justedv tojgoveru the depth of the furrow, if desired.

If necessary or desirable, a sub, or false coulter may be applied to the standard J, by making two notches U U in the front edge of the standard, for the lugs V V ofthe sub, or false coulter W, tig. 3, which `may be applied or removed, when desired.

I claim- 1. In combination with. a beam and landside, the separate and independent plow-points, shares, and mould-boards, arranged to-vibrate on horizont-al axis or axes, substantially as described.

2.. rIhe sliding bolt,'arranged in or over the landside, in combination with the braceswhich connect the vibrating points, shares, and mould-boards to the ,landside, substantially as described.

A 3. In combination with the vibrating mould-boards ,and their appurtenances, the pronged lever Q, for vibrating and locking the mould-boards, substantially as described.-

4. Also, making the revolving cutter, or coulter jagged or toothed, substantially as described.

5. Also, the removable sub-coulter W, described.

IVILLIAM HARLOW TYLhR.

NVitnesses O. T. HOLMAN, H. J. LANE. 

